First the Gorn was defeated by Captain Kirk and his do-it-yourself bazooka on the original Star Trek.

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It's a prequel that explores the story of how the main characters on the original Star Trek met and came together on the Starship Enterprise.

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Would Trekkies be satisfied with simply watching re-runs of the original Star Trek featuring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, or The Next Generation (Star Trek spinoff) with Patrick Stewart without all of the consumer products (including collectibles) that continue to be available at retail?

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Then he stumbled upon Deep Space Nine on video and memories flooded back of how much he loved science fiction as a kid, in particular the original Star Trek series (which was shown in his native France only in the 1980s, when Halter was in his twenties).

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This group of filmmakers, spearheaded by producer James Cawley, uses some of the original actors from Star Trek, like the fabulous George Takei and Grace Lee Whitney, and original screenwriters like D.

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It seemed to have 80s level special effects, like the Goonies or Gremlins, or even as bad as an original Star-Trek episode.

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The channel, which offers access to more than 15, 000 films, including Precious, Star Trek and the Tyler Perry flicks, as well as original series on multiple platforms, already counted Verizon FiOS, Charter and Cox among its distributors.

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Despite having a decent Metacritic rating of 73, the Star Trek Into Darkness movie failed to build on the domestic success that the original JJ Abrams reboot had established four years ago.

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Star Trek: Into Darkness is filled with what comes off as comedic caricatures of the original characters.

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